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(10-30-2025, 01:52 PM)admin Wrote:(10-30-2025, 12:44 AM)Dude Guyman Wrote: $55-200 is not cheap software either. If it was $10-20 I may take the risk, but not for $50+.
Sorry, but NOPE!
Since the release of Hasleo Disk Clone in 2020, we've spent five years developing Hasleo Backup Suite. Some of Hasleo Backup Suite's features originated from Hasleo Disk Clone, so in reality, it took us more than just five years. Now you're telling us it's only worth $10 to $20. Bro, you're using Windows Enterprise Edition—that's commercial use. If you can find backup software offering lifetime free upgrades for just $10 to $20, we'd be happy to give you the license you need for free.
I was not saying Hasleo is only worth $10-20, just that for $50+ (which is fine otherwise), I am not willing to pay that for software with a "time bomb" in it, for the reasons I mentioned. If I pay for software, I should be able to use it, forever. Maybe not newer versions (maybe discounted $$ upgrades?), but when the version I paid for is set to self destruct on a given date, that is just a veiled subscription, just like Macrium, and it's why most of us are here, isn't it.
I don't like the Enterprise/LTSC restriction either. What version of an OS I use is my business. I use Linux too and will never use Windows 11, or 12 most likely.
(10-30-2025, 05:16 PM)n8chavez Wrote: I think I'll wait until all this is settled before I buy a license. The last thing I, or anyone, want if some there to be anything that restricts the ability to use HBS when I need it. I'll wait for the timebomb to be removed, then I'll buy.
Same. When the time bomb is confirmed to be gone, and I confirm that version works well for me, I may rethink a purchase. The time bomb and the Enterprise/LTSC restriction puts a nasty, bad taste in my mouth though. I don't like attempts at my computing habits being dictated to me or controlled by someone else. I have had software I paid for outright block itself from running on my PC (after an update/patch) before because they had deliberately black listed a certain model of Lite-On CD/DVD burner I had in my system because it was capable of reading/writing data they did not want me copying. Nope!
